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31 Dec 2020, 9:03 pm by Joshua Burd
Supreme Court determined that employers who discriminate against employees for being gay, lesbian, or transgender violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 8:57 pm by Ilya Somin
Two recently published books suggest that there may be more room for common ground between defenders and critics of LP than previously assumed. [read post]
6 Oct 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Bonauto of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, completely disregarded sex discrimination. [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 3:38 am by Laura Nacyte
It is argued that the Convention challenges the binary sex system and paves the way for the recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. [read post]
21 Jun 2020, 9:02 pm by Joanna L. Grossman and Deborah L. Brake
In other words, what’s at stake every time this question is litigated is whether an employer who is otherwise bound by Title VII can fire someone for being gay, lesbian, or transgender without consequences.Claims for discrimination against gay and transgender employees first showed up in the lower courts in the 1970s. [read post]
20 Jun 2020, 3:30 pm by Mavrick Law Firm
June 15, 2020), held that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees are protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 4:10 am by SHG
That may well be, but the job is judge, not “black, gay, female, immigrant, disabled” advocate. [read post]
9 Oct 2019, 8:13 pm by Marty Lederman
  Therefore it'd be foolhardy to rely upon the oral argument to make any predictions about how the Court will decide the cases.So instead of offering any such predictions, in this post I'll simply offer some thoughts on three issues the Justices and defendants' advocates raised, apart from those I discussed in my post here last month. [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 3:59 am by Edith Roberts
United States, which asks when a defendant must have formed the intent required to commit burglary for purposes of a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, comes from Rory Little. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 4:00 pm by Gene Takagi
She provided the example of how mainstream television shows helped shape greater public acceptance of lesbian and gay people. [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 3:15 pm
 And he supported Sessions' siding with businesses that invoked religious beliefs to discriminate against gay and lesbian customers. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 2:30 pm by Dale Carpenter
Ashers Baking Company, decided yesterday, the United Kingdom Supreme Court concluded that a baker could not be required to write the words "Support Gay Marriage" in icing on a cake ordered by an LGBT rights advocate for a political event. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 2:30 pm by Dale Carpenter
Ashers Baking Company, decided yesterday, the United Kingdom Supreme Court concluded that a baker could not be required to write the words "Support Gay Marriage" in icing on a cake ordered by an LGBT rights advocate for a political event. [read post]
9 Jul 2018, 7:16 pm by Lyle Denniston
It is a certainty that the Court will be facing new cases on gay rights, including whether federal civil rights laws against sex discrimination do protect gays and lesbians. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 7:45 am
 For example, Kennedy wrote all the court’s major cases recognizing the rights of gay men and lesbians, many in 5-4 decisions. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 1:01 pm by Mark Walsh
But a shirt displaying a rainbow flag could be worn “unless there was an issue on the ballot” that “related somehow … to gay rights,” he adds, quoting the lawyer defending Minnesota’s law. [read post]
Women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI*) human rights defenders the world over are targeted in the closing space phenomenon both for who they are as well as for the work they do. [read post]